I was wondering since Skype hasn't hit Android for video chat, what else can I use besides Tango..
Has anyone tried Gmail video chat? Does it work phone to computer or phone to phone?
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Look up ooVoo. It's relatively new so still has kinks to work out.
Gmail video chat is only computer to computer for now.
If you have yahoo, the Android client does video chat I believe, but only yahoo-to-yahoo.
There's no real big-scale solution for video chat on android right now. Hopefully in the near future. Don't hold your breath for Skype though, they don't seem to have any interest in releasing a general Android client.
ravidavi said:
Look up ooVoo. It's relatively new so still has kinks to work out.
Gmail video chat is only computer to computer for now.
If you have yahoo, the Android client does video chat I believe, but only yahoo-to-yahoo.
There's no real big-scale solution for video chat on android right now. Hopefully in the near future. Don't hold your breath for Skype though, they don't seem to have any interest in releasing a general Android client.
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How did you get oovoo to work on your Nexus? I thought it was for 2.2 only.
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So last night I was going to video chat with someone using my Evo only to realize that the other person didn't have an Evo, iPhone, or Epic so I was stuck relying on the iMovicha App (damn you Skype for disabling Fring). It was my only Phone to PC/Mac option so I decided to give it a shot. Unfortunately I downloaded the wrong version of the app (not Evo 4G specific version) and I was stuck with the program only recognizing my back camera so I gave up.
This experience helped bring me to the conclusion that I want to build an app that will run on the phone and PC to complete the task that Fring doesn't and iMovicha does a poor job at. Seeing as I am not skilled in the computer programming area and I have been writing some Apps for Android these past few months I will need as much help as I can get in writing the user-end app. Anyone willing to help out please PM me so we can start this project.
I know many Evo users have been wanting an app that will do Evo to Computer so here's your chance to help get this done!
P.S. Does anyone know if it is an option to edit Fring itself and add a video chatting feature for the yahoo or windows live protocol?
I would kill to be able to video call people on Gmail Chat in their browser. I can do video chat in Gmail browser-to-browser. I can do text chat either browser-to-browser, phone-to-browser, or phone-to-phone via Gmail or Talk. What I want to do is use Google Talk/Gmail Chat so I can do video calls to all of my friends and family who leave Gmail logged in all day specifically for the purposes of video/text chat.
dude, use ooVoo for mobile (beta). it's in the market. it works best over 4G and Wi-Fi, though, just warning. i am waiting for skype mobile with video on android though, skype is much more popular. but for the time being, ooVoo seems decent to me.
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You can video chat with the yahoo messenger app and video plug in from the market
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Is there a way to find out if one of your contacts have video chat compatibility?
And if so, a way to tell what app they use so you can use it to?
I don't want to have to ask every contact whether or not that have a front-facing camera and what app they use if they do.
I am not totally positive but I noticed when I installed Tango it pulled over a few of my contacts and put them in the Tango contact list. I take this to mean that somehow Tango knows they also have Tango. Of course the contacts it brought over are not people I normally talk to much so I am not going to try and video chat them, but I am planning on testing it out later with a friend that has Tango on an i-phone.
also if you sign into qik, it will show you in your contact list who is also signed in by having a little green camera next to their name
If people in your contacts are also on Qik you start getting those "link" notifications. Kinda like how you can link a person who's on your Google and Facebook contacts. Once the contact is linked to his/her Qik account, you'll see a small camera icon next to their name.
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yes, tango already knows who have tango and will automat. pull the for you.
I used qik with my cousin a few times and it's pretty cool.
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Another one to try is Fring .
<EDIT> I just tried it - seems to be locked down to just the rear facing camera... Damn - would have been nice to be able to video chat on MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, yada yada yada.
Fring was my go to till skype made them remove the support
I have a nexus one and I have yet to get gingerbread. My question is, in gingerbread (or upcoming honeycomb) is there any indication that gtalk will now support attaching pictures in a conversation? I hate to make references to applications on other OS but i saw that Blackberry Messenger has this feature and I currently use Beejive IM and it has the ability to do it while using gtalk.
Im just askin have the devs said anything about it? all i ever see is information about SIP and video chat.
P.S. I am aware you can just use MMS or email to do this, so please dont mention this. Its along more seamless when able to upload it through an IM conversation
I remember reading somewhere that its not possible to do video or picture messaging on windows phone 7 is that a carrier issue or did microsoft leave that out? will that be implemented in the future?
picture messaging works fine, its video messaging that is missing. Not sure when its gonna get added. Seems that was MS decision (though carriers could have pushed for it).
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I remember reading somewhere that its not possible to do video or picture messaging on windows phone 7 is that a carrier issue or did microsoft leave that out? will that be implemented in the future?
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Picture messaging works fine, you can receive video messages, but you cannot send them (except that you can forward video messages that you have received).
Not on this phone
Interesting, no my htc surround on at&t does not receive video messages not to mention not being able to send them. This is my biggest beef with wp7. A good laugh at lunch would be appreciated. Dumb phones can do this. Is it too lowbrow for Ms and their metro UI? It may seem trite but the wp7 is a visual medium. Video messaging goes hand in hand with social networking and is sorely missed.
Have most WP7's always been able to receive video messages, or is that something that came with the NoDo update? I don't remember it ever working and the next day after installing the updates I received one.
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picture messaging works fine, its video messaging that is missing. Not sure when its gonna get added. Seems that was MS decision (though carriers could have pushed for it).
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There is no way a carrier pushed for the lack of video messaging in WP7, when every other smartphone OS on every other carrier does it.
Video messaging is never an issue for them because there are size limitations in MMS and most if not all phones compress (rather heavily) the video, anyways, just as they do teh photos.
It just sucks because a lot of people still have feature phones and Picture/Video MMS functionality is a must for communicating with these people.
Ask winpho support on twitter & they said they had no info when vid msgs were coming...Pisses me off.....
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Have most WP7's always been able to receive video messages, or is that something that came with the NoDo update? I don't remember it ever working and the next day after installing the updates I received one.
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MMS messages can be sent & received but they just show a static image & don't play. This has been the case since before NoDo.
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My wife has a Atrix, we have a Acer 500 tablet at home and I am getting my Galaxy Nexus Thursday... I want to be able to start doing video calls, what would be the best way to do this? Should I just use Skype?
fyi: we are in canada, if this makes a difference, as I know many google apps dont work the same in Canada as they do in the US.
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My wife has a Atrix, we have a Acer 500 tablet at home and I am getting my Galaxy Nexus Thursday... I want to be able to start doing video calls, what would be the best way to do this? Should I just use Skype?
fyi: we are in canada, if this makes a difference, as I know many google apps dont work the same in Canada as they do in the US.
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You could use Skype or Google Talk.
or Google Messenger (multi-party video calls), it comes bundled with Google Plus
Thanks.
I actually just tried this out this weekend... very nice! I thought the hangout feature is useful and nicely implemented.
Mobile hangout is the best option because it works on iphone as well. Also allows for group video chats.
Tango and Fring can both make video calls like Facetime.
My wife and I, use qik video chat. Its decent. But if you want the best nothing tops Google + hangouts.
I have used Fring between Android & iOS devices with no issues at all.